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<h1>fs_unlink<a class="headerlink" href="#fs-unlink" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_unlink</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">char</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">filename</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>Unlinks the file or directory at the specified path. This is the
function to use if you want to delete a file or directory from the disk.
If the path refers to a directory, all the directory’s descendants are
recursively unlinked. Any open file handles referring to an unlinked
file remain valid, and can be read from and written to as long as they
remain open.</p>
<div class="section" id="arguments">
<h2>Arguments<a class="headerlink" href="#arguments" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
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<col style="width: 23%" />
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p><em>Argument</em></p></th>
<th class="head"><p><em>Description</em></p></th>
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</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p>filename</p></td>
<td><p>The path of the file or directory to unlink</p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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<h2>Returned values<a class="headerlink" href="#returned-values" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>0 on success</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="fs_return_codes.html">FS error code</a> on failure</p></li>
</ul>
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<h2>Header file<a class="headerlink" href="#header-file" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">#include</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="cpf">&quot;fs/fs.h&quot;</span>
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<h2>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The following example creates a file and then immediately unlinks it. By
unlinking the file, this function prevents other OS tasks from accessing
it. When the function closes the file, it is deleted from the disk.</p>
<div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kt">int</span>
<span class="nf">process_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">void</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">fs_file</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="kt">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* If the file doesn&#39;t exist, create it. If it does exist, truncate it to</span>
<span class="cm"> * zero bytes.</span>
<span class="cm"> */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;/tmp/buffer.bin&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">FS_ACCESS_WRITE</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">|</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">FS_ACCESS_TRUNCATE</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* Unlink the file so that other tasks cannot access it. */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_unlink</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;/tmp/buffer.bin&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* &lt;use the file as a data buffer&gt; */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="cm">/* Close the file. This operation causes the file to be deleted from</span>
<span class="cm"> * the disk because it was unlinked earlier (and it has no other open</span>
<span class="cm"> * file handles).</span>
<span class="cm"> */</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">fs_close</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">return</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">rc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">==</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">?</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">-1</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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